Thoughts For The Day~*~ Daily Reprieve ^*^*^ May 22
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Daily Reprieve
"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85
Thought to Consider . . .
The road to recovery is always under construction.
*~*AACRONYMS*~*
A L C O H O L I C S
A Life Centered On Helping Others Lives In Complete Sobriety
*~*^Just For Today!^*~*
"At
some time, perhaps in a more moderate way, nearly everyone has
experienced this spirit touch of God, the fleeting feeling of insight,
love, joy, and 'The world is right.' Once, I thought that only unusual
circumstances made these moments possible. Actually, I now think, they
are forecasts of what one can have if one is willing to take the time
and make the effort. Peace, love, and joy can be sought through quiet
thinking and honest prayer. The wholeness, the new awareness, that is
produced affects one's relationship with God and man to a degree greater
than would seem possible in ordinary life."
1973 AAWS Inc.
Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 65
*^Daily Reflections^*
STEP ONE
WE . . . (The first word of the First Step)
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21
When
I was drinking all I could ever think about was "I, I, I," or "Me, Me,
Me." Such painful obsession of self, such soul sickness, such spiritual
selfishness bound me to the bottle for more than half my life.
The
journey to find God and to do His will one day at a time began with the
first word of the First Step . . . "We." There was power in numbers,
there was strength in numbers, there was safety in numbers, and for an
alcoholic like me, there was life in numbers. If I had tried to recover
alone, I probably would have died. With God and another alcoholic, I have a
divine purpose in my life . . . I have become a channel for God's
healing love.
Copyright 1990
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES, INC.
*~*^As Bill Sees It^*~*
God-Given Instincts
"Creation
gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete
human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in
their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter,
there would be no survival. If they didn't reproduce, the earth wouldn't
be populated. If there were no social instinct, there would be no
society. Yet these instincts, so necessary for our existence, often
far exceed their proper functions. Powerfully, blindly, many times
subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives."
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"We
tried to shape a sane ideal for our future sex life. We subjected each
relation to this test: Was it selfish or not? We asked God to mold our
ideals and help us to live up to them. We remembered always that our sex
powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or
selfishly nor to be despised and loathed."
1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 42
2. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 69
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"It
did not satisfy us to be told that we could not control our drinking
just because we were maladjusted to life, that we were in full flight
from reality, or were outright mental defectives. These things were true
to some extent, in fact, to a considerable extent with some of us. But
we are sure that our bodies were sickened as well. In our belief, any
picture of the alcoholic which leaves out this physical factor is
incomplete."
Alcoholics Anonymous 4th Edition
The Doctor's Opinion, pg. xxvi
*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*
A.A. Thought for the Day
What
impresses us most at an A.A. meeting is the willingness to share,
without holding anything back. And pretty soon we find ourselves sharing
also. We start telling our own experiences and by so doing we help the
other person. And when we've got these things off our chest, we feel a
lot better. It does us a lot of good to share with some other poor
unfortunate person who's in the same box that we were in. And the more
we share, the more we have left for ourselves. Do I know that the more I
share, the better chance I'll have to stay sober?
Meditation for the Day
Constantly
claim God's strength. Once convinced of the right of a course of
action, once reasonably sure of God's guidance, claim that strength now.
You can claim all the strength you need to meet any situation. You can
claim a new supply when your own supply is exhausted. You have a right
to claim it and you should use your right. A beggar supplicates, a child
appropriates. When you supplicate, you are often kept waiting, but when
you appropriate God's strength in a good cause, you have it at once.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that I may claim God's strength whenever I need it. I pray that I may try to live as a child of God.
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